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(Jan. 10, 2025) …<\/strong><\/em> This is the day we tasted a whole bunch of wines in the white and sweet range: Barsac, Sauternes and les Blanc Sec.<\/p>\n I used a three star system for these wines – as I did with all wines on my Bordeaux adventure – seemed the easiest way to deal with all the wines I tasted (think of it as Good\/Better\/Best). I also only made a tasting note on wines two-stars and above.<\/p>\n Les Vins Sec (The Dry Stuff) …<\/strong><\/p>\n Two Stars<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Chateau Climens 2023 Asphodele<\/em><\/span> Chateau Climens 2023 Lilium<\/em><\/span> Chateau Doisy-Daene 2023 Blanc Sec<\/em><\/span> Chateau Sigalas Rabaud 2023 Grand Vin Blanc Sec<\/em><\/span> (Semillon) One Star<\/strong><\/p>\n Chateau Climens 2023 Petit Lily<\/em><\/span> _________________________<\/p>\n Les Vins Doux (The Sweet Stuff)<\/strong><\/p>\n Two Stars<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Chateau Broustet 2022 Sauternes<\/span><\/em> (2nd Growth) Chateau Climens 2022 Barsac<\/em><\/span> (1st Growth) Chateau de Rayne Vigneau 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (1st Growth) Chateau Doisy Dubroca 2022 Barsac<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth) Chateau Doisy-Daene 2022 Barsac<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth) Chateau Doisy-Vedrines 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth) Chateau La Tour Blanche 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (1st Growth) Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2022 Sauternes<\/em> <\/span>(1st Growth) Chateau Lamothe-Guignard 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth) Chateau Rabaud-Promis 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (1st Growth) Chateau Romer du Hayot 2022 Le 2 de Romer du Hoyot<\/em><\/span> (2nd Wines) One Star<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Chateau Caillou 2022 Barsac<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth) <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Jan. 10, 2025) … This is the day we tasted a whole bunch of wines in the white and sweet range: Barsac, Sauternes and les Blanc Sec. I used a three star system for these wines – as I did with all wines on my Bordeaux adventure – seemed the easiest way to deal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-road-with-the-grape-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Better than previous vintage tried at the estate – this one showed a little more life and flavour profile that at least excited the mouth to a level of interest.<\/p>\n
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Bright and fresh with a nice minerality<\/p>\n
Nice salinity action here – acidity creeps up and bites you<\/p>\n
Chateau Coutet 2023 Opalie de Chateau Coutet<\/em><\/span>
Chateau D’Arche 2023 Grand Vin Blanc Sec<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Doisy-Vedrines 2023 Chevalier de Vedrines<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Guiraud 2023 Grand Vin Blanc Sec<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2023 Grand Vin Blanc Sec<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Lamothe-Guignard 2023 Clos de Hez<\/em><\/span>
Rayne Vigneau 2022 Le Sec de Rayne Vigneau<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Bright, fresh and sweet; there might be the slightest hint of VA lingering on the backend – but it might be adding a lift here – it’s a fine line. <\/p>\n
Tropical fruit, pure and salty, long finish, floral and honey-apricots ![\"Bord](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bord_SwWh_4.png\")
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The coca-cola trick has worked: the wine ends with a bitterness and a salinity that seems to overshadow the sweet entry. <\/p>\n
Nice kick of minerality among the sweet apricot-honey-peach and pear notes <\/p>\n
Purity of sweet fruits and acidity – clean finish – very sippable <\/p>\n
Sweet acidity – seems counter-intuitive, but there is something here on the long finish that kicks acidity into overdrive and mkaes this a sweet-pleasantry <\/p>\n
Pretty and honeyed – bitterness keeps the sweetness at bay on the finish. <\/p>\n
Nice seam of acidity balances the wine out but keeps those sweet honeyed fruits intact. <\/p>\n
There’s a bitterness that seems to sweet in the backend making this sweet wine come across as dry. <\/p>\n
This wines promises sweetness right up fron and delivers it in spades. But in a pretty way. <\/p>\n
Salinity and acidity cut right through the sweetness – making this something super pleasant to sip on
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Chateau Coutet 2022 Barsac<\/em><\/span> (1st Growth)
Chateau D’Arche 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth)
Chateau D’Arche 2022 Soleil D’Arche<\/em><\/span> (2nd Wine)
Chateau Doisy-Vedrines 2022 Chateau Petit Vedrines<\/em><\/span> (2nd Wine)
Chateau Guiraud 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (1st Growth)
Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2022 La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey<\/em><\/span> (2nd Wine)
Chateau Myrat 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth)
Chateau Romer du Hayot 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (2nd Growth)
Chateau Sigalas Rabaud 2022 Sauternes<\/em><\/span> (1st Growth)<\/p>\n